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January 19, 2012

Rustenburg bishop keeps humor after World Cup’s vuvuzelas keep him up all night

CAPE TOWN, South Africa – The sound of vuvuzelas made for a sleepless night for Rustenburg’s bishop as soccer fans watched, then celebrated the U.S.-England tie, and a Detroit-born priest now working in rural South Africa cheered the U.S. performance.
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January 19, 2012

Catholic school opens for students with autism

ST. LOUIS – A new Catholic school for children with autism is opening Sept. 5 in the St. Louis Archdiocese.
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January 19, 2012

Joined by priests of the world, pope leads vigil for Year for Priests

VATICAN CITY – Meeting with nearly 10,000 priests from around the world, Pope Benedict XVI expressed the church’s gratitude for their ministry and encouraged them to resist secularizing influences.
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January 19, 2012

Page by page, Guatemala’s past is uncovered

GUATEMALA CITY – Church leaders say 80 million pages of secret police records being reviewed by the government promise Guatemalans a rare chance to rewrite the history of their violent land. The moldy records were found by accident in 2005 in an abandoned section of a police compound in Guatemala City. Some of the records...
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January 19, 2012

Spelling champion says studying for competition ‘a family affair’

WASHINGTON – “Studying was a family affair,” said the nation’s new spelling champ, 14-year old Anamika Veeramani of North Royalton, Ohio.
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January 19, 2012

Consumerism, hedonism will be defeated by God’s love

CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy – The seemingly invincible ideologies of consumerism and hedonism and the reign of violence and terror will all be defeated by God’s love, Pope Benedict XVI said.
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January 19, 2012

President of Turkish bishops’ conference stabbed to death

VATICAN CITY - The president of the Turkish bishops’ conference, Bishop Luigi Padovese, was stabbed to death June 3 at his home in Iskenderun, said the Vatican nuncio in Turkey.
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January 19, 2012

Military chaplain Father Capodanno revealed amazing courage

“This guy may have saved my life,” my good friend Lt. Col. Robert Dalton said to me as he sat down in my kitchen and placed a book in front of me recently. “What guy?” I asked. “That guy,” replied Bob, a retired member of the United States Marine Corps and Davidsonville resident, as he...
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January 19, 2012

Coadjutor asks for prayers, pledges ‘life, love’ to Los Angeles church

LOS ANGELES – In a prayerful, moving and colorful ceremony sprinkled with gentle humor and emotion - reflecting the man himself - Archbishop Jose H. Gomez was officially received May 26 as coadjutor archbishop of Los Angeles.
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January 19, 2012

Why the flip side of the coin?

It was with heartfelt anguish that I read the cartoon (CR, July 26).
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January 19, 2012

The Year of the Priest

A few Sundays ago, St. Peter Claver and St. Pius V parishes celebrated the “Year of the Priest.” Since both parishes are conducted by the Josephite Fathers, Father. Edward Chiffriller, superior general, celebrated the liturgy, accompanied by a host of Josephite priests, brothers and seminarians. At this liturgy, three Josephite seminarians made their final promises...
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January 19, 2012

Collection exceeds $7 million in 2006

WASHINGTON – The national collection to aid the church in Latin America received more than $7 million in contributions for the first time last year and used the funds to assist 476 projects in nearly two dozen countries.
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